Market research on consumer products, commercial industries, demo...
Market research on consumer products, commercial industries, demographics trends and consumer lifestyles in Taiwan. Includes comprehensive data and analysis, tables and charts, with five-year forecasts.
Post-pandemic, Taiwanese consumers have faced significant constraints on their household budgets, leading them to forego the purchase of goods not considered essential. There has been a concomitant reduction in expenditure on wine, leading to a…
A decline in volume sales of spirits in Taiwan in 2023 reflected inflationary spikes, which led to increasing costs and workforce, shipping, logistics and inventory issues. The cost of spirits is relatively high compared with other alcoholic drinks…
Much like the previous year of the review period, RTDs saw modest off-trade and current value growth in 2023 but a decline in on-trade sales.
Cider/perry gained momentum during the COVID-19 pandemic when local consumers stayed home due to fears around contagion. However, Taiwan reopened its national border in 2023, and with a resumption of travel and more opportunities to socialise outside…
Post-pandemic, Taiwanese consumers have faced weakened purchasing power, and expenditure on beer reduced in 2023, leading to a decline across all metrics, albeit at a slower rate than seen during the previous year of the review period in current…
Alcoholic drinks in Taiwan witnessed moderate decline across all metrics in 2023, primarily due to rising inflationary spikes, increased costs in international shipping, and logistics and inventory issues. For local brands, workforce insufficiency is…
The commodities country overview provides comprehensive data on production, consumption and price trends on key commodities markets. The commodities overview in Taiwan covers production and consumption trends in agricultural commodities, energy…
Tobacco in Taiwan has been heavily impacted by the amended Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act, which came into effect on 22 March 2023. Taiwan now operates a complete ban on e-vapour products and regulates heated tobacco products. There are some…
Retail volume sales of smokeless tobacco, e-vapour products and heated tobacco plummeted in 2023, following the total ban of e-vapour products in Taiwan. However, heated tobacco products made strong progress from a low base. E-vapour products had…
According to government data, the import of cigars and cigarillos during 2019 to 2023 increased significantly with 184% growth in volume. The growth of year-to-year got eased in 2023 as the traveling resumed since the fourth quarter 2022.…